Ethnicity and Ethnic Grouping in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
Ethnicity and Ethnic Grouping in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies (1999)

Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the impact of ethnic affiliation and groupingon Bengali immigrants to USA as reflected by the characters’ development inJhumpa Lahiri’s short stories collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999). Thecomparative analysis will primarily tackle the cultural values and practicesensuring the distinctiveness of the ethnic group and the alternative means bywhich different representatives of the group struggle to cope with theirmarginal position and their sense of alienation and displacement. The mostimportant question to be answered is if their ethnicity turns into either aninsurmountable obstacle in their development or an indestructible bond whichmakes them stronger and guarantees their survival and triumph.

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